PEARL HARBOR 1941

My friend Eldon sent me this photo discovered years after the fact in a sailor's camera...the picture was still in the old camera years after the attack. He wanted to share the picture since we are taking all our guest for the Pearl Harbor tour.....thanks Eldon

Thanks Eldon

Meeting Michael Emerson (Ben Linus) ** LOST

Guess who I met today?

Today as i was walking back from the beach with my float in hand..i met a face I recognized meeting me on the sidewalk. It was MICHAEL EMERSON who plays Ben Linus on the hit TV show filmed here on Oahu "LOST".. I told him that my wife and I were big fans of the show..he was very nice. We chatted for about 5 minutes. They started production again this week. He asked where i lived on the mainland and when I told him he has visited Nashville and really enjoyed the city. He told me that the actors really loved Oahu and they all mingled around so I would probably see other's during my visit. Although he is the only one living in our neighborhood. He had on the "Harry Potter" glasses and looks exactly like he does on TV except is younger looking in person. He had been to the same neighborhood food pantry we use for small shopping items...he was carring a 12 pack of Pepsi.....a very down to earth star!

Island Friends

We are meeting so many nice friends living here at the Waipuna. We had dinner last evening with Ron and Diane from Nevada and our neighbors (underneath our unit) Jim and Ann that moved here 10 years ago from northern California. This morning as Queenie and I were going out for breakfast we got on the elevator with Senator Daniel Inouye who has lived at the Waipuna for 25 years. He was very nice and said he was leaving to go back to Washington for Senator Kennedy's funeral. He is very popular in the islands since he gets huge funding for all the military here as well as "pork" projects all over the islands. He was very friendly although I was not lured into being a democrat... very fun and interesting all the people we are seeing from around the world....but we love and miss all our wonderful "Mainland Friends"....be safe everyone....ray

For a fun video of the fam in the Phillipines follow this link!

Young people can do such AMAZING things! Here's a link to a video prepared by Mary and Reed (Bruce's son) on their recent trip to the Phillipines!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93_pnACKIqo

Dogs and Puppies

This place has the cutest dogs! When I see a cute one, I don't hesitate to act like the owner is my long lost sister who wants to talk to me. Yesterday I saw the cutest weinner ever! I wanted that dog! If they didn't have such atrocious toileting habits, I'd be sneaking one into the Wiapuna Condo and let the chips fall where they may. "Gunter" was a tiny little dachshund-cuter than this picture if you can imagine. He was licking my fingers and seemed to want me as his owner. (I had just eaten a few Doritos.) He was soft and cuddly and if you've ever owned a weinner, you know there's nothing like them. Now that brings me to another dog who lives in our building...Cujo. I think his real name is Fluffy or something, but he is not a Fluffy. He is the size of a small pony, strains at the leash, and I think I've even seen a tiny bit of foam. His owner is frail and gray and over 80. Behind her walks the daughter who is at least 70 and together they are both struggling. Cujo especially hates Ray. Everytime we enter or leave the building, Cujo is on the elevator straining and snarling, and Ray cups his privates with his hands. Last time we saw him his owner said, "He's a good dog, just dislikes men." Ray ever trying to be polite, didn't quite know what to say as he gently removed his right testicle from Cujo's mouth.